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Katherine Pope


Katherine Pope
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Katherine Pope

Katherine Pope

Partner


London

Katherine Pope
  1. People /

Katherine Pope

Katherine Pope

Partner


London

Katherine Pope

Partner

London

T: +44 (0) 20 3400 3533

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Katherine advises businesses on the full spectrum of employment law and HR matters. Her practice includes handling disciplinary and grievance disputes, whistleblowing concerns, performance management, workplace reorganisations, and supporting businesses in managing employees with ill health. She has a particular focus on the financial services sector, and her work often involves a regulatory angle, including in the context of complex workplace investigations. She has extensive experience negotiating and documenting senior-level employee exits.

Katherine is an experienced litigator and regularly represents employers in Employment Tribunal proceedings, as well as handling business protection and team move cases in the High Court. She has a particular interest in discrimination law and collective redundancy consultation, and is known for her pragmatic, strategic approach to resolving sensitive workplace issues.

She has spent time on secondment working in-house at Royal Mail and at a large financial institution, where she advised on a wide breadth of HR issues, including complex grievance and disciplinary matters, and assisted in handling collective redundancy situations.

Katherine regularly leads training sessions and hosts seminars, delivering insights on the latest developments in UK employment law to a wide range of clients.  

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Employment Lawyers Association

Katherine Pope has an exceptional attention to detail, combined with a strategic view. She gets to know your business as well as you do, and feels like an extension of our team. She is pragmatic and down-to-earth. She'll be thinking one step ahead of you and is proactive in her advice to help clients manage risks before they have seen them.

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Creating Connections

2025 marks the 15th edition of Emerging Themes in Financial Regulation & Disputes. This year, our overarching theme is Creating Connections, examining three main pillars: Technology, Transparency, and Trust.

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Oct 16, 2025

Chambers 2026 UK guide ranks BCLP in 36 practice areas and recognises 76 individual lawyers

In the 2026 edition of Chambers UK BCLP received 36 practice area rankings and 76 individual lawyer recognitions. This year, the firm is recognized in six new practice areas and improved to a Band 1 ranking for Commercial Contracts, as well as a Band 2 ranking for Hotels and Leisure.  
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Jul 02, 2025

FCA draft guidance on non-financial misconduct published today

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Jun 30, 2025

Redundancy and alternative employment, disability, offensive language, and a news roundup

Our employment law update for June covers a redundancy case highlighting the importance of considering alternative employment, and a case where an employee attempted to justify highly offensive messages by reference to his disability. We also have a general news round-up, including a new ONS study on hybrid working, the EHRC questioned on its interim update and forthcoming employer guidance on “For Women Scotland” and recommendations on overhauling/improving parental and paternity leave.
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Jun 13, 2025

BCLP advised Dundee Precious Metals on cash and shares offer for Adriatic Metals

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BCLP advises Sapiens on acquiring AdvantageGo

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Mar 31, 2025

Sexual harassment - The preventative duty and risk assessments

Rather than our usual Two Minute Monthly employment law round-up, we are posting for March 2025 a blog by Partner Katherine Pope on the nature and purpose of risk assessments in complying with the sexual harassment preventative duty.
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Regulatory focus on non-financial misconduct

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Oct 24, 2024

Employment Rights Bill, whistleblowing, and sex-based discrimination

This week we summarise three very recent developments in employment law, one involving the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) and two new cases.
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Oct 17, 2024

Chambers 2025 UK guide ranks BCLP in 34 practice areas and recognises 74 individual lawyers

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Oct 16, 2025
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In the 2026 edition of Chambers UK BCLP received 36 practice area rankings and 76 individual lawyer recognitions. This year, the firm is recognized in six new practice areas and improved to a Band 1 ranking for Commercial Contracts, as well as a Band 2 ranking for Hotels and Leisure.  
Insights
Jul 02, 2025
FCA draft guidance on non-financial misconduct published today
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Jun 30, 2025
Redundancy and alternative employment, disability, offensive language, and a news roundup
Our employment law update for June covers a redundancy case highlighting the importance of considering alternative employment, and a case where an employee attempted to justify highly offensive messages by reference to his disability. We also have a general news round-up, including a new ONS study on hybrid working, the EHRC questioned on its interim update and forthcoming employer guidance on “For Women Scotland” and recommendations on overhauling/improving parental and paternity leave.
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Jun 13, 2025
BCLP advised Dundee Precious Metals on cash and shares offer for Adriatic Metals
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May 09, 2025
BCLP advises Sapiens on acquiring AdvantageGo
Insights
Mar 31, 2025
Sexual harassment - The preventative duty and risk assessments
Rather than our usual Two Minute Monthly employment law round-up, we are posting for March 2025 a blog by Partner Katherine Pope on the nature and purpose of risk assessments in complying with the sexual harassment preventative duty.
Insights
Jan 30, 2025
Regulatory focus on non-financial misconduct
Insights
Oct 24, 2024
Employment Rights Bill, whistleblowing, and sex-based discrimination
This week we summarise three very recent developments in employment law, one involving the Employment Rights Bill (ERB) and two new cases.
Awards
Oct 17, 2024
Chambers 2025 UK guide ranks BCLP in 34 practice areas and recognises 74 individual lawyers
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